Today at work, a very pregnant lady said she and her husband couldn't decide on a name for her baby and she asked me how we came up with Carter William for our Cubby.
I thought I would let you all in on the process too . . . . .
We went round and round for weeks and weeks with our favorite boy names. (and one girl name just in case) Finally, Jeff and I settled on three names to take into the delivery room with us. They were Brady, Carter and Landon. We decided we would make the final choice once he was born. Believe it or not, I got the name Carter off of a baby book made by "Carters" the baby clothing brand. It was the last of the 3 names we liked, I was about 6 months pregnant and filling in some things in the baby book and saw the name on the tag. We loved it from then on. And now most of his clothes have his name on the tag too!
We had already chosen his middle name (William) for several very important reasons. William has special meaning to both Jeff and I. My dad's name is William, Jeff's grandpa (Lyle's dad) is William and our good friend Bill Nielson is a William too. We thought it would be special that our first born would be named after the strong, faithful and loving men in our lives. Our hope is that Carter will gain some of the characteristics of these few good men that we cherish.
So back to his 1st name. On 08/03/2006 at 12:28 in the afternoon a bright eyed Carter came into the world. I thought that I would have a say in the final name, however my dear hubby said the second he saw him, "He looks like a Carter, I'm going to go tell my parents." And off he went. I was a little high on adrenaline at the time, I love the name Carter too but to be honest Carter didn't LOOK like ANY of the 3 names at the time. I left it up to Jeff and that was that.
. . . and that is how Cubby became CARTER WILLIAM SHEPHERD.
Carter got a higher point of view atop Daddy's shoulders.
Big smiles.
Big scowls.
See you Wednesday Grammy and Grampy. Hopefully this holds you over till then.
Carter has now learned to pull him self up on his bounce seat. He should be reclining for safety reasons, however he thinks it is much more fun to sit up now and bomp his head.
Carter's new trick when we try to change him. 
But who can resist this little mischievous face!
Some trails, like the one we chose, were closed due to ice. 
Auntie Kari and I have breakfast.
Grandpa and I catch some sunshine.
And I watch my favorite cousin Bree play.
